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[[File:Pi_equals_C_over_d.svg|thumb|The circumference of a circle is slightly more than three times as long as its diameter. The exact [[ratio]] is called π.]]The number '''pi''' is a [[mathematical constant]], the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, commonly approximated as 3.14159.
[[File:Pi_equals_C_over_d.svg|thumb|The circumference of a circle is slightly more than three times as long as its diameter. The exact ratio is called π.]]The number '''pi''' is a [[mathematical constant]], the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, commonly approximated as 3.14159.
 
[[mathematical constant]]


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==
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* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]]
* [[Mathematics
* [[Postminimalist detective]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Geometry (nonfiction)]]
* [[Geometry (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematical constant (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]


== External links==  
== External links==  


* [ Pi] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi Pi] @ Wikipedia


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[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]]
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Revision as of 05:41, 8 June 2016

The circumference of a circle is slightly more than three times as long as its diameter. The exact ratio is called π.

The number pi is a mathematical constant, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, commonly approximated as 3.14159.

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

  • Pi @ Wikipedia